Ultrastrong, Stiff and Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Composites

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Wang, X ^a   Yong, Z Z ^b   Li, Q W ^b   Bradford, P D ^a   Liu, W ^a   Tucker, D S ^c   Cai, W ^d   Wang, H ^d   Yuan, F G ^a   Zhu, Y T ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Carbon Nanotubes; Composite Materials; Multifunctional; Tensile Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981156238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2012.686586     Document Type: Article

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